"Indeed, at times it seems as if every writer I’ve met since 2003 is also a musician, and most of the musicians I’ve met are, or would like to be, writers. Literary works are now routinely accompanied by purpose-made soundtracks; bands are calling upon literary writers to supply lyrics. It is not uncommon for literary readings to be bookended by musical acts, and one of the most popular current literary blogs, The Largehearted Boy, is also among the most popular music blogs. The worlds of rock and lit appear to be merging."

Full Stop's Pathos interview series asks writers "about the effect writing has had on their physical, emotional, and economic health; on the idea of poverty being a precondition for writing well; on what makes writing truthful to one’s self and to readers."

Oh, I think I've gotten to a place where the word "genre" gives me the heebie-jeebies. Like someone coming at you with a bit and trying to guide you into a narrow stall. And reading anything, poetry or prose, fiction or biography, I think I'm always going to feel a little guilty, out of some vestigial sense that I should be doing something "useful" outside — on a boat, or with a tool, or what have you.